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BLAKE & COLONY.

Patented Aug. u, 1868.

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- Letters Patent No.'80,852, dated August 11, 1868.

MEASURlNG-FAUCET.

TO ALL WHOM IT'MAY GONVCERN.: l l

Be it known that we, QscAn B. BLAKE and' OnMonD E. CoLoNY, of Keene, in the county of Cheshire, and

`State of New Hampshire, have invented a new and useful improved Faucet-for Measuring Liquids; andive do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, makipg apart ofY this specification.

vThis-is designed more particularly for drawing oils into small cans or Oilers, such` as are commonly used for lubricating machinery, and being made of'proper size to allow only a suilicent quantity to pass, at each draught, toill a can,`it will prevent much.oi`:the waste Voccasioned. by usual methods; .b'utby making the receiving or'Ineasur'ing-charnbcrofV proper capacity, it may be used for other purposes. v M

It consists essentially f armeasnring-chamb'er or receptacle, of `suilicient capacity to contain the requisite amount 'ofliquid, with a faucet, havingl anl arrangement of chambers `and orifices, which may alternately be brought into positions to form passages for the flow of the liquid from a can or reservoir into the measuringchamber, or from the measuringchamber'through an outlet into thevessel which it is designed to till, the same Ybeing provided with suitablepassag-es to admit-air to supply the place of the liquid as it is drawnout,4 all of which are so arranged that butlonesret of passages can be open at the same time, so that it cannot be left in a position to allow the flow or waste of theliquid from the supply-fountain.

To enable others Askilled in the arts to make and use our invention, we will proceed more fully to describe its construction and operation. i v v Figure l isa persectivc'view of same,`;as attached `to a tank or can. 4 Figures 2 and' 3 are sectional Aviews v,hrough the centrerof the faucet, showing the faucet` in its diil'erent positions for forming the induction and 4ednotiinn-'passages.` v

Similar letters of'refercucc'are usedto Aindicate like parts in each ot' the drawings.

A is a tubeor pipe; ivhichybeing connected with afreservoir or supply-fountaim'for'ms vc partof the o induction-passage to the measuring-chamber or receptacle B. The upper wall of thisv passage is made inclined, rising toward the reservoir, which facilitatesfthe escape of air from the meas uringreceptacle` B, which is also constructed with its upper andA lower `walls converging 'from 'the faucet, seas to promote the egress .of air and liquids from itin either direction. s 1 ,U. 4

The faucet consists of a cylindrical casing, C, andconical plug, C', which may be turned aboutone-half a revolution therein, being stopped-#by thepin-L striking against a projection on the lower end of, the easing, when-it Vis turned itt-either .direction toproper positions to open the inductionor eduction-passages of chamber B.

in iig. 2, its openings correspond ivithithpe, orifices Dand E in the casing, thus; opening theinductionpassage to the lreceptacle B, so that it may-be filled from'the supply-fountain. I is another chamber; separated from H by the partition K. This has an opening on the surface of the plug, on the opposite side` from .that of chamber H, and, when turned, asshownin iig.s3, it coincides with 'the orifice F, making aneduction-passage from receptacle B, to 'discharge its contents through the outletO at the lower end of the faucet. When inrths position, the chamber H comes in contact With'thel hole M, and air is admitted through that and the passage vN into receptacle B, Vsothat its contents lwill be more readily discharged, and whenfthc faucet is turned again to open thcinduction-passage; the air containediuB will ascend into the can'or reservoir, and supply the place of the liquddrawn out. This' precludesfthe ,necessity of having any other vent, and is an item of vno small importance when it. is used for liquids of a volatile nature, which lose much by evaporation when' not kept in closcevcssels'.

' Thel receptacleB may be made of a capacity to holdV any amonntlwhich it is dcsiredto measure at one s time, and it may bel made otfany form Vor'vshape adapted to the purpose or position in which it is. to be used,

andtheinductiou-pipe A may be providedwith anys itable' means-toattacli'itto-atanh, ca nbarrel, -or other vessel, without any material chanac of the sscntialffcatures of ,th-efinvention.

The plug. C/is made-with a-chaniberforcavity, H, which is open from one sideand, when tur-ned, as shownY We claiin as our invention, and desire'to secure by Letters Patent- The inclined ltube or induction-pipe A, and converging measuring-receptacle B, in connection with the faucet, having an outer casing, C, with orifices D, E, nd F, und a. semi-rotating plug, C', having ohambersH and I, end stop-pin L, arranged so as to form alternately the induction and Yedu(Hsien-passages for the supply md discharge of the liquids to and from the measuring-receptacle B, the same' being provided with passages M and N, or their` equivalents, for the admission of air to supply the piace of the liquids as they are drawn from the can or reservoir; the. whole being constructed :und .arranged substantially as herein shown ond described. i

` OSCAR B. BLAKE,

ORMOND E. COLONY.

t Witnesses:

GrEo.` W. STURTEVANT, Osenn L. Conomfn 

